@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt83jhq9.6, ISBN = {9780822943891}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt83jhq9.6}, abstract = {Like millions of Americans, on Tuesday evening, November 4, 2008, I sat with my neighbors and eagerly watched televised returns for the election of the forty-fourth president of the United States. As areas of the map turned red and blue, I kept my eye on Pennsylvania. When Bucks County turned blue on the map, I knew I was witnessing an important turning point in American culture and politics. To extrapolate so much from the voting results of a single Pennsylvania county may seem strange, but Bucks County, after all, includes Levittown, a location that had attracted some national attention during}, author = {Dell Upton}, booktitle = {Second Suburb: Levittown, Pennsylvania}, pages = {1--14}, publisher = {University of Pittsburgh Press}, title = {Introduction: A Second Suburb}, year = {2010} }